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Nessa Gray
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Heading up

I think every piece of the Seattle library is just beautiful. It’s possible I might be a book nerd.

Pentax 17
Kodak Tri-X 400

#believeinfilm #pentax17 #tx400 #library @spl.org #classicmono
A photograph taken looking up at the sky while riding the escalator up to street level in the Seattle library. The large eastern face of the building is composed of steel lattice work with windows giving the effect of looking through a very large distant mesh. On the escalator in front of the Photographer another library patron is silhouette against the bright sky.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Primaries for senators
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
If you live in Seattle, go check if your ballot needs to be “cured” it just takes a minute and this election is going to be super close.
elections.kingcounty.gov King County Elections @elections.kingcounty.gov · 3d
Maybe you forgot to sign your ballot, or your signature didn't quite match the one on record. If you received a signature challenge letter and have questions, we have a web page for that.

kce.wiki/SignatureCha...

Folks who need to resolve a signature challenge have until 4:30 pm on November 24.
Signature challenges - King County, Washington
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November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
If you aren’t careful, this is how you find out what fix tastes like. Ask me how I know.

A medium format game of “is it pictures” tonight.
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
nessagray.bsky.social
This is what happens when you goof the loading on your Hapo 66e, you run out of film before you run out on the counter. Neat 2/3 of a photo of Blake the horse though.

#foldingcamera #folderfriday #believeinfilm #horse #portra
A white horse looks at the camera from across a wire fence in the afternoon sunlight. The left 1/3 of the frame is blank because the photographer goofed up loading the camera.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
(scary commercial voice, image of world trade towers)

ON 9/11, THE NEW MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY WAS ...

NINE

YEARS

OLD

(dramatic pause)

DOESN'T THAT MAKE YOU FEEL ... OLD
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
The stupidest timeline
bostonjerry.bsky.social Cranberry Manilow @bostonjerry.bsky.social · 3d
That cop really took the stand in federal court, swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and then said that the fact that he could smell onion and mustard after being struck "at point blank range" by a subway sandwich was evidence of felonious assault.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
If I am looking at a camera listing on eBay and the description is ai garbage, I’m instantly not interested. Who thought this crap was a good idea again?
November 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
This is an absolute burner of an obit. Worth a read.
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
So I still like Tri-X a lot for medium format, but I’m kinda falling out of love with it in the P17, which feels all kinds of weird.
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
nessagray.bsky.social
If you love film and all the weird ways different film formats evolve, go spend 15 minutes watching Adam Savage geek out on VistaVision.

#believeinfilm
Adam Savage Learns About VistaVision Filming Cameras at Paramount!
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
New career, I’m gonna open this as a hotel and cafe. No more teams meetings please.
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
Y’all, it is insanely hard to write about yourself and not hate every word. Can’t I just use an emoji or something instead?
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
Is #motocrossmonday a thing? Should it be?

A very cool vintage Maico for my first #folderweek post. Shockingly sharp for having been shot on an uncoupled rangefinder just kinda guessing at focus distance.

#foldingcamera #portra #believeinfilm #hapo66e #maico #vintagemotorcycle
A vintage air cooled Maico motocross bike sits in a band of sunlight inside a greenhouse. Unlike modern motorcycles these racing two strokes had huge air cooled cylinders with the exhaust sneaking underneath the frame to exit near the rear wheel. The bodywork is pale yellow and made of a mixture of plastic and fiberglass. The gas tank is handmade from aluminum and has a beautiful brushed raw metal finish highlighted by the afternoon sun. This particular bike is in exceptional condition having recently been restored and is currently in storage before going back on display in the owners collection. The photographer would have loved to take it for a ride, but these things are so notoriously loud everybody within a couple of miles would have known what she was up to ha ha.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
@hoonofthe.day I went Porsche window shopping today and they have the one I want and now I’m in a crisis!
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Bout like that
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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I’m not a big sports girl, but I am from LA, and hell yeah Dodgers!

#worldseries #dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
"Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery." - Amy Chua
November 1, 2025 at 1:46 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
Working with my favorite dark arts and potions tonight. Lets see if we can conjure some pictures
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 AM
nessagray.bsky.social
Oh gods I want this
tikibunnyimports.bsky.social Tiki Bunny Imports🍹🐇🛻🏳️‍🌈 @tikibunnyimports.bsky.social · 10d
#RadRide at auction today! Happy Halloween everyone, so here's a car wearing a costume: It's an 00 Mitsubishi Minicab! The costume however, is to make it look normal. Inside is a slab transporter with black curtain windows to hide what's inside. Wonder what it's for? DM for interest or to bid! #JDM
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
I take instruction from only the most reliable sources, sketchy tagging on back alley dumpsters of course.

Pentax auto 110
Lomography tiger 200
DSLR scan

#believeinfilm #110film #lomography #seattle #graffiti
A color photo of the side of a grey dumpster with green graffiti that reads “when in doubt attack”. The dumpster pretty much fills the frame.
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
nessagray.bsky.social
I just realized, I’ve never had a Nikon camera of any kind. In fact the only Nikon thing I have at all is a 4x5 lens.
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Seattle has such a beautiful library!

From my last test roll with the Hapo folding camera after I fixed the light leak. Shot on Tri-X 400, processed in D-76.

#believeinfilm #tx400 #foldingcamera #library #seattle
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Fucking literally!
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 13d
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Derpy

I swear I’ve met this guy at a bar somewhere. Shot on our way to pick up a book, with a Pentax 17 and Fuji 200 color

#believeinfilm #pentax17 #halfframephotography #fujifilm #seattle #graffiti
The same derpy graffiti face from my post yesterday looks back at the photographers half frame camera from a decrepit wall in a gravel parking lot on first Hill in Seattle. If this bit of paint or sentient it would probably be getting a little annoyed with how often this particular photographer uses it for a test shot
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM